Zip File

Description

The Zip File action creates a standard ZIP archive using the options you specify in the dialog.

Options

General Tab

Option	Description
Workflow action name	The name of the workflow action.
Get arguments from previous	This checkbox takes the filename specification from the result rows of a previous workflow action. This is what will be taken from the rows. The first field has to contain the filename or folder. The second field should contain the inclusion wildcard The third field should contain the exclusion wildcard. The fourth field should contain the target zip file (this can be different for each file).
Source directory	The source directory of the files to be zipped
Include wildcard	The wildcard (regular expression) of the files to include in the zip archive
Exclude wildcard	The wildcard (regular expression) of the files to exclude from the zip archive
Include sub-folders	Enable this option to search files in sub-folders
Zip file name	The full name of the destination archive
Create parent folder	Create the parent folder if it doesn’t exist
Include date in filename	Add the date to the file name
Include time in filename	Add the time to the file name
Specify date time format	Allows you to specify the date/time format mask,
Date time format	The date time format mask, like yyyy/MM/dd HHmmss
Show filename	Shows an example filename based on the options you specified

Option

Description

Workflow action name

The name of the workflow action.

Get arguments from previous

This checkbox takes the filename specification from the result rows of a previous workflow action. This is what will be taken from the rows.

The first field has to contain the filename or folder.
The second field should contain the inclusion wildcard
The third field should contain the exclusion wildcard.
The fourth field should contain the target zip file (this can be different for each file).

Source directory

The source directory of the files to be zipped

Include wildcard

The wildcard (regular expression) of the files to include in the zip archive

Exclude wildcard

The wildcard (regular expression) of the files to exclude from the zip archive

Include sub-folders

Enable this option to search files in sub-folders

Zip file name

The full name of the destination archive

Create parent folder

Create the parent folder if it doesn’t exist

Include date in filename

Add the date to the file name

Include time in filename

Add the time to the file name

Specify date time format

Allows you to specify the date/time format mask,

Date time format

The date time format mask, like yyyy/MM/dd HHmmss

Show filename

Shows an example filename based on the options you specified

Advanced Tab

Option	Description
Compression	The compression level to be used (Default, Best Compression, Best speed)
If zip file exists	The action to take when there already is a file at the target destination.
After zipping	The action to take after zipping
Move files to	The target directory to move the source files to after zipping
Create folder	Create the folder to move to
Stored source path depth	This is the part of the source file path which is taken over in the ZIP file archive structure.
Add Zip file to result	Enable this option to add the target zip file(s) to the result

Option

Description

Compression

The compression level to be used (Default, Best Compression, Best speed)

If zip file exists

The action to take when there already is a file at the target destination.

After zipping

The action to take after zipping

Move files to

The target directory to move the source files to after zipping

Create folder

Create the folder to move to

Stored source path depth

This is the part of the source file path which is taken over in the ZIP file archive structure.

Add Zip file to result

Enable this option to add the target zip file(s) to the result